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Kelly Hancock: “The legislative focus was on low income and special needs…”

Featuring: Kelly Hancock, Republican | State Senator, Texas, District 9

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Inside Texas Politics: Full interview with acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock

Published | Video Starts at 00:54

I was a big proponent of educational freedom even after, you know, with 13 years of public education as a board of trustees there locally. And so it's really focused, focused on. And legislature has made that The legislative focus was on low income and special needs [students]. And that really is the focal point of our discussions in the development to making certain that we provide the freedom of education not for those that already have it … (00:54–00:59)

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Asserts that the legislative focus of the school voucher program is on low income and special needs students.

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